I teach Organic Chemistry Lecture and Laboratory, Advanced Organic Lecture and Laboratory, Independent Study and Senior Thesis courses on a regular basis. I teach occasionally Special Topics, such as Green Chemistry.

My desire is to develop
an extensive, content-rich, scientifically rigorous and
up-to-date, web site containing selected astrobiology modules,
relevant to the most current NASA missions and goals.
These modules will be used to enrich various undergraduate
chemistry courses I teach at Parkside. The students will learn
about the new and emerging field of astrobiology, and its links
to chemistry. I hope that my web site will reach UW-Parkside
students and interested science instructors from UW-Parkside,
and hopefully other institutions in Wisconsin and elsewhere.

I have received my training in exobiology (now called
astrobiology) in 1992-1994 at the NASA NSCORT (NASA
Specialized Center of Research and Training) in San Diego where
I worked with Stanley Miller and Leslie Orgel. In 1995 I
worked over the summer with Gustaf Arrhenius, also from NASA
NSCORT. Upon my return to UW-Parkside I continued working in the
field of prebiotic chemistry. Inspired by my NASA NSCORT
experience, I see as one of my missions the education of
students and my peers about the field of astrobiology.